Month: November 2017

  • Road crashes claim 135 lives, injure 1,118 in 10 months – FRSC

    Road crashes claim 135 lives, injure 1,118 in 10 months – FRSC

    By Sule Aliyu, Bauchi 135 lives were said to have been lost in various road accidents across Bauchi State between January and October, 2017. This was contained in a statistics of road crashes by the Bauchi State Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) between January and October 2017. The statistics also indicated…

  • Use Your Positions To Promote Good Governance, Tambuwal Tells Monarchs

    Use Your Positions To Promote Good Governance, Tambuwal Tells Monarchs

    By Najem Francis, Sokoto Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State has urged traditional rulers in the country to use their influential status to promote good governance and strengthen the unity of the nation. The governor, who spoke when the Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuari II, paid him a courtesy call, said that as custodians of traditional values…

  • No Hike in Tuition Fees, Kwara Poly Insists

    No Hike in Tuition Fees, Kwara Poly Insists

    By Steve Oni, Ilorin The management of the Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin has insisted that it has not increased school fees for the 2017/2018 academic session. The institution’s Rector, Alhaji Mas’ud Elelu, who reiterated this while fielding questions from journalists in Ilorin on Wednesday, disclosed that for the 2016/2017 academic session ND I indigenous students…

  • Ekweremadu Tasks FG on Implementation of Confab Report

    Ekweremadu Tasks FG on Implementation of Confab Report

    By Aaron Ossai The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has called on the Federal Government to reconsider its stance on the report of the 2014 National Conference. Ekweremadu said the implementation of the report was a vital starting point towards quelling the agitations in the land and moving Nigeria forward. He spoke…

  • World Bank and Sokoto govt to expand the scope of cooperation

    World Bank and Sokoto govt to expand the scope of cooperation

    By Najem Francis, Sokoto The World Bank office in Nigeria and Sokoto state government have agreed to expand their areas of mutual cooperation in a bid to engender development, inclusivity and tackle poverty among  the populace. This was the outcome of a meeting between Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal and World Bank’s Country Director for Nigeria,…

  • Gov Ahmed Swears In LG Chairmen

    Gov Ahmed Swears In LG Chairmen

    By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has sworn-in the 16 newly elected local government chairmen in the state with a pledge to work harder and closer with the local government councils and their new chief executives towards finding a sustainable solution to the salary crisis rocking the local government level.…

  • Nigeria, Niger Republic launch new trade corridor in Sokoto

    Nigeria, Niger Republic launch new trade corridor in Sokoto

    By Najem Francis, Sokoto Many years after it was conceived, the Zamfara-Sokoto-Kebbi-Tahoua cross border trade route has finally become a reality with its official launch in Sokoto Tuesday. Those present at the event, which was held in Sokoto Government House, Governors Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu of Sokoto and Kebbi states, as well as Abdulrahman Musa…

  • Bauchi SWAN Elects new Exco

    Bauchi SWAN Elects new Exco

    By   Sule Aliyu, Bauchi The Bauchi State Chapter of the Sports writers Association of Nigeria SWAN has elected and inaugurated new executive members that will run the affairs of the association for the period of three years. The election which took place at NUJ Secretariat, Bauchi has been described as free and fair SWAN Election.…

  • N8b remittance: FG commends JAMB Registrar

    N8b remittance: FG commends JAMB Registrar

    By   Sule Aliyu, Bauchi The Federal Government has commended the Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, for remitting the sum of N8 billion to the Federation account. Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, gave the commendation while laying the foundation stone for the construction of a 500-seater Computer Based…

  • Transformer Theft: IBEDC Staff Accused Of Connivance 

    Transformer Theft: IBEDC Staff Accused Of Connivance 

    By Steve Oni, Ilorin Residents of Adewole community in Ilorin West Local Government Area of Kwara State have raised the alarm over rising cases of transformer theft in the area. They appealed to the security agencies in the state to descend on the staff of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company on the persistent theft of transformers…